[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by techweenie
I'd say the government today is very much in the hands of special interest groups -- like oil companies, drug companies, etc.

With the Democrats, it'd just be different special interests.

The parallels go further: the Repubs have the Rapture Righties and the Dems have labor unions.

So pick your poison. It's PAC money that's created two parties beholden to powerful lobbies. That and 'soft' money that's laundered into RNC and DNC coffers.

Can an unfunded third party ever get significant votes? No. The rules prevent it. So your only viable option is to work from within the party of your choice.

Tech, this worries me as I agree with everything you say.

That said, funding is a problem so lets fund the party of our choice. Right now the Libertarian party fits the bill for me more than the two other choices. We either fund them and go that route or by the time masses defect to the third choice the Dem's and Repub's will realize whats happening and either change or die.

JoeA

PS Katch, at least part of it made sense, unlike yours. It did taste excellent by the way. Work to make things better and post solutions or ideas.